MEGA-BLOWPIPE PONTIL wine (early, crude, rustic) 1700s

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MEGA-BLOWPIPE PONTIL wine (early, crude, rustic) 1700s

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Sold Date: 05/20/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Glass

BIG CHUNK OF GLASS STILL IN BASE and running down one side, VERY SHARP! CAREFUL!

French in origin, recovered in a Lyon cellar, probably once contained Burgundy or Beaujolais wine.

Black glass wine cylinder, applied banded lip, sheared mouth that was re-fired smooth with a few flakes/bites on the outside perimeter.

Sloping shoulders, heavy whittling towards base, stretch marks in neck, dark amber-green in hue, a touch of old red wax still clinging on to mouth area. Some outside haze and minor scratching but not distracting.

Dimensions: 30 cm high X 9 cm across base. USA BUYERS: To calculate INCHES, simply take the number of Centimetres and multiply by .39357.

Unlike Anglo-Saxon countries w private individuals dumped garbage into privies or pits, the French only discarded broken items. They recycled EVERYTHING . It is common to clean out an old wine cellar today in France and find a 1930 vintage wine bottled in a glass cylinder pre-dating the vintage by 100 years. I have often seen this scenario.

PAYMENT: I accept PAYPAL, checks (French) or cash sent by registered mail (very common practice, always arrives safely). Item is shipped once payment arrives.

SHIPPING: WORLDWIDE, flat fee, regardless of destination: $15.00.

*NOTE: I have recently cleaned out a cellar filled with 18 th & 19 th century cylinders; I will be listing many on eBay. Please view my other listings.

COMBINED SHIPPING: Very simple: FLAT FEE, worldwide, whether you're in Houston, Hamburg, Honolulu, Haiti or Hanoi:

1 bottle = $15

3 bottles = $25

6 bottles = $40

12 bottles = $70

**The ambitious collector will contact me as I have another 30 or so bottles still wrapped in paper up in my attic which I can sell for an attractive price, shipped together for special savings. I recently fell upon a 65 year old woman from Lyon who cleaned out her great-grandmother's cellar about 30 years ago and is just now getting around to unloading boxes... Some items are common. However, about 75% are very early, very rustic and quite valuable. Trust me when I tell you, I've been living in France since 1997 and have witnessed a sharp decline in quality items readily found in flea markets or shops. They've all been claimed and the market is now seriously missing quality glass. I consider my find quite exceptional and worthy of consideration. They may not fetch huge prices today but give them ten years or so, when t truly is nothing left out t...These will have serious value.

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Michael